skyOne light source for the pageDrag the hour

The same hour, everywhere.

anemosOne motion state for the pageScroll the panel

One wind, and everything in it leans together.

pinaxA catalogue entry that will not be half-filled

Eroded Parthenon frieze showing horsemen of the Panathenaic procession

Quarry House

Client: Private
Year: 2024

David’s Death of Socrates — Socrates reaching for the cup of hemlock

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kraterA vessel thrown as you readScroll the page

colophonThe tailpiece, once you have finishedScroll to the end

Quarry House and eleven other projects.

Built in Bath, 2026.

Ornament by anthemion — Classical.

antikytheraThe mechanism, at real ratiosScroll the page

hyperionThe reach, across the whole siteScroll the page

icarusThe wings that fail at the summitScroll the page

fragmentSurviving plasterMove across it

ouroborosEats its own tail

boustrophedonAs the ox turns

A house cut into a disused Bath stone quarry, entered from above.

buttonA fluted column drumHover it

dipylonA frieze that fills its own voidWiden it

transitThe sun crosses the faceHover it

steleOne statement, cut into a standing slab

They drew the thing we could not describe, and then they built it twice before they were satisfied with it.

echinosThe questions, inside the jar

What does a first meeting cost?

Nothing. We will look at a site before anyone has decided what to do with it.

How long does planning take?

Eight to sixteen weeks in most authorities, longer in a conservation area, and we will tell you which before you commit to anything.

Do you work outside the west?

syngrapheAn account cut in stone, and checked

Element	Area
Living	96 m²
Sleeping	124 m²
Workshop	84 m²
Circulation	62 m²
Plant	18 m²
Store	28 m²
Total	384 m²

kenotaphA marker where the thing is notReload it

CDIV — not found

See all work

ostrakonFilters cut from one broken potChoose a few

kylindrosWork turning on an optical drumDrag it round

Kerameikos House 2024
Quarry House 2023
Salt Store 2023
Chalk Pavilion 2022
Foundry Rooms 2022

stoaThe column under load is where you areScroll the page

entasisA dock of columns that swells where you lookSweep the pointer along it

aetomaA pediment over a hero or modal headerPlace over a hero or modal

Agents build the websites now.

Browse Classical

temenosGround that keeps its own hourDrag the hour

The practice

Cut into a disused quarry, entered from above.

medusaLook too long and it hardensMove across it

Poussin’s Triumph of Neptune — sea gods, nymphs and horses breaking through surf

pygmalionStone waking into flesh

Neoclassical marble group of a warrior and a helmeted goddess against a deep blue sky

kadmosA headline arriving out of GreekReload to replay

Quarry House

stoichedonThe inscription grid

Quarry House

lapidaryCut, not faded

Quarry House

vineA divider that germinates

versalIlluminated initial

The site had been worked for building stone until the 1930s and left to fill with scrub. Rather than level it, the house occupies the cut.

chariotThe wheel turns trueScroll the page

caduceusTwo serpents twine as you readScroll the page

hermesThe message departsSend it